Enema- High Volume/ Bowel Management

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Bowel Management Enema Hirschsprung Disease
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How to administer a high volume enema for bowel management

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  • thanks for your ...

    thanks for your suggestions but I think I will stick with what works for him now. And here where I live tap water is just fine as long as you don't use a water softener.

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  • you are suppose to ...

    you are suppose to use distilled water.
    organic Coffee enema followed by a organic garlic enema work great.

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  • when I don't hang ...

    when I don't hang it high enough the gravity bag doesn't work right. His non complience is only in the initial insertion of the cathater other than that he is complient.

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  • seems like you are ...

    seems like you are hanging the bag real high...we were told the it should only be about 18" to 2 feet above the patient's bottom. Perhaps part of his non compliance/cooperation is that the pressure is to high and is causing a lot of pain. But again, not sure what the people in Cin say about that.

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  • yes it sure does ...

    yes it sure does differ by the size of the patient. I kinda guessed what might work for my son's size based on the amounts that others were using that were his same weight.

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